5 Design Mistakes In Stained Glass and How to Fix Them

5 biggest mistakes designing stained glass, and how to fix them. This easy to follow tutorial will help your create the best stained glass designs.

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00:00 Introduction
00:27 Start with the basics
00:58 The Design Stage
01:26 1# Mistake - Not Understanding Glass
02:52 2# Mistake - Over Complex Shapes
04:09 3# Mistake - Postive & Negative shapes
05:37 4# Mistake - Good Structural Support
07:09 5# Mistake - Weak Lead LInes
08:51 Conclusion

[michaelinminn]

Very nice post!
I've been in the business for 47 years,
Regarding large windows: I learned from a friend and associate, Richard Millard,
to place your saddle bar lines in first to avoid interrupting crucial design elements.

[magali]

What a wonderful video! Thank you for not only explaining about the different aspects but also showing examples of them. ❤

[israelfranco]

Hi Derek. As always, great information you share, but as I was watching the video it came up a question: what percentage would you say design takes within all the process until installation? What I really want to know is how much should I charge (%) when designing stained glass windows patterns at fully scale; I'm getting into this stained glass world doing just that. Hope you can guide me some way. Thank you.

[vovkabondarev]

Thank you Derek! Great tips and examples for them!

[speciallion]

Thank you, for imparting your knowledge. Great video.

[utubehanna]

Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom. I am not a beginner, but ended up learning several things from this video anyway. The main joy I get from your videos is the inspiration from seeing your work. You have such a strong sense of the design elements and your level of craft is museum-quality. I look forward to seeing your next videos!

[BethyNasady]

Thank you for everything! You have helped my glass journey more than I could ever express!

[juliegritten]

Thank you, Derek, for the wonderful video and guidance. As an absolute beginner, your videos are such a wonderful way I have to learn about creating stained glass. I am so grateful to you for spending time, effort and your knowledge with everyone.

[joenic]

Excellent video. This will be a top reference to my kids and any others who express interest. Question regarding negative space: Should we avoid transparent glass for the main feature (person) if the negative space is going to be of opaque/semi opaque glass? What is a best practice here? Thanks.

[jesi]

I just discovered your channel, thank you for sharing your experience.

Is it ok to use a ring saw to cut complex shapes and does that create weak points that may break over time?

[didiermaurel]

Thank you Derek but would it be possible to get French text in subtitle because I could not catch all you meant.